• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Ukraine Says Russia Aiming To Drag Belarus Into War After Strikes

Rogue Valley

Rogue Valley

Lead or get out of the way
DP Veteran
Joined
Apr 18, 2013
Messages
94,136
Reaction score
82,407
Location
Barsoom
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Independent
www.themoscowtimes.com

Ukraine Says Russia Aiming To Drag Belarus Into War After Strikes - The Moscow Times

The "massive bombardment" struck infrastructure but had not caused any casualties.
www.themoscowtimes.com www.themoscowtimes.com

iu

6.25.22
Ukraine on Saturday said Russia was aiming to drag its ally Belarus into the war, after reporting that missiles which struck a border region near Kyiv came from Belarusian territory. Twenty rockets fired from Belarusian territory and the air targeted the village of Desna in the northern Chernigiv region at around 05:00 a.m. (02:00 GMT) on Saturday, Ukraine's northern military command wrote in a statement on Facebook. Ukraine's intelligence service said six Russian bombers fired 12 cruise missiles from the town of Petrykaw in southern Belarus after taking off from a Russian airbase. It added that Russian forces hit targets in the northern Kyiv and Sumy regions. The Ukrainian intelligence service said on Telegram that the action was "directly linked to Kremlin efforts to pull Belarus as a co-belligerent into the war in Ukraine." The "massive bombardment" struck infrastructure but had not caused any casualties, the Ukrainian army added. Desna, a small village with a pre-war population of around 7,500 people, lies 70 kilometers (43 miles) to the north of Kyiv and a similar distance to the south of Ukraine's border with Belarus. The strikes come as Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Belarusian counterpart and close ally Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
Click to expand...


The bombers took off from the Shaykovka airfield in Russia’s Kaluga region. Flying through the territory of the Kaluga and Smolensk regions, they entered the airspace of Belarus. After launching the 12 cruise missiles, they returned to Shaykovka airfield in Russia. Six Tu-22M3 aircraft were involved, which launched 12 X-22 cruise missiles. The launch line is in the area of the town of Petrykov, not far from Mozyr, approximately 50-60 kilometers from the state border of Ukraine.

It seems we need more sanctions on Lukashenka and the Belarussian economy.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom